A Saudi-led coalition launched Sunday a strike against southern separatists in Yemen after they seized the presidential palace in second city Aden in deadly fighting that threatened to deepen the country's humanitarian crisis. Source: AFP | 2019/8/11 19:58:40

More than 2 million Muslims began the annual hajj Friday under sweltering conditions, as the Saudi hosts sought to deter politicization of the pilgrimage against a backdrop of simmering Gulf tensions. Source: AFP | 2019/8/11 17:58:40

Forces of the Southern Transitional Council (STC) managed on Saturday to seize Yemen's presidential palace following four days of intense fighting in the southern port city of Aden, a security official told Xinhua. Source: Xinhua | 2019/8/11 8:36:26

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday commended recent talks between Washington and Ankara over the security of northeastern Syria, saying "important progress" has been made.
Source: Xinhua | 2019/8/10 10:30:04

An agreement between Turkey and the United States on establishing a safe zone in northeastern Syria is a "very good start," Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Thursday. Source: Xinhua | 2019/8/9 10:06:51

Iran on Thursday hit out at Bahrain for hosting a “provocative” conference on Gulf maritime security and for its “anti-Iran” rhetoric accusing Tehran of attacking tankers in sensitive waters. Source: AFP | 2019/8/8 21:43:43

Top United Nations political official told the Security Council on Wednesday that UN has no official statistics on the detainees, abductees and missing persons in Syria. Source: Xinhua | 2019/8/8 9:23:29

Turkish-backed Syrian fighters cross into a building through a hole in Tadef, near the city of al-Bab, in the eastern countryside of Aleppo province on Tuesday. Turkey will pay a higher price later if it does not do what is necessary in northern Syria today, President Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday after vowing at the weekend to carry out a military operation in the area. Source: AFP | 2019/8/7 21:33:40

President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday that Iran favors talks with the US if it lifts sanctions against the Islamic republic, despite his top diplomat turning down a meeting with US President Donald Trump. Source: AFP | 2019/8/6 21:18:40